Kolkata unrest over Kali image

In its Monday edition, The Telegraph English language daily carried a morphed picture of a naked woman holding an image of the goddess Kali in front of a cricketer — believed to be a Pakistani — bowing before it.

The newspaper had taken the picture from the Twitter account of a reader.

However, its publication caused an outcry that has sparked tension and violence between the Hindu and Muslim communities in different parts of the city, despite a swift apology from the newspaper.

Hindus and Muslims have been involved in street brawls and pelted passing traffic and members of the public with stones.

Poonam image flares tensions in Kolkata

India on USCIRF watch list again (2012)

 

India, March 21, 2012: The US government panel that monitors global religious freedom has once again listed India among countries that require close monitoring due to religious freedom violation.

 

USCIRF Identifies World’s Worst Religious Freedom Violators

Latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

 25 March 2012

The 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council has just ended.  You can read here a statement made by Heiner Bielefeldt, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, during the interactive dialogue, and also download his latest (2012) Report presented to the Council.